macaco
/məˈkeɪkəʊ/noun
macaco is spelled M-A-C-A-C-O: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, macaco means “A macaque, or similar monkey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of macaco is macacos or macacoes.
How many letters and syllables are in macaco?
| Letters | 6: M-A-C-A-C-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is macaco?
Macaco appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce macaco?
- /məˈkeɪkəʊ/
- /məˈkɑːkoʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-macaco.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of macaco
- macacos plural
- macacoes plural
- macauco
- maucaco
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does macaco mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A macaque, or similar monkey.
- 2
obsoleteAny of several species of lemur, including the white-headed lemur, ruffed lemur, and ring-tailed lemur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does macaco come from?
From Portuguese macaco (“monkey”). Doublet of macaque.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).